College Faculty
of the
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences, Florham-Madison Campus
Fairleigh Dickinson University
BYLAWS
I. The name of this organization shall be the College Faculty of the
Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences (the College), Florham-Madison
Campus, Fairleigh Dickinson University (the University) and is herein
referred to as the College Faculty.
II. Membership
1. The College Faculty shall consist of the President of the
University, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the College Dean, and
all individuals holding full-time faculty appointments within the College.
Faculty members with academic administrative assignments (other than
department chairpersons and academic advisors), such as associate and
assistant deans, in the College for more than half their load are not
eligible for membership on College standing committees or to vote in
College elections. Other faculty members in the College who hold full-time
administrative assignments outside the College are College Faculty
members, without vote.
2. Other members of the campus community, if not full-time faculty
members, who are members of the College Faculty, without vote, are:
Director of the Florham-Madison Campus Library,
Dean of Students,
Director of the Learning Center,
Director of Athletics,
Part-time faculty with at least two semesters of service,
3. Any member of the University community may be granted membership,
with or without vote, by the College Faculty.
III. Officers
1. The College Dean is the chief academic officer of the College.
2. The College Faculty may elect a Recording Secretary.
IV. Meetings of the College Faculty
1. The College Faculty shall meet at the request of the College Dean.
There shall be at least two meetings of the College Faculty in every
semester.
2. Additional meetings shall be called by the College Dean upon the
request of the CEPC (V.1.D) or the EC (V.6) or by petition of ten (10)
members of the College Faculty.
3. Agenda items may be submitted to the College Dean or to the CEPC.
4. QUORUM One third plus one of the voting members of the College
Faculty shall constitute a quorum.
V. COMMITTEES The standing committees of the College Faculty are the
College Educational Planning Committee (CEPC), College Personnel Review
Committee (CPRC), Elections Committee (EC), Research Committee (RC), and
Senate Delegation (SD). The College Faculty may establish other committees
by majority vote.
1. College Educational Planning Committee (CEPC)
A. MEMBERSHIP The CEPC shall consist of one member from each
department, elected by the members of the department. Membership
shall be restricted to tenure-track faculty. Members shall be
elected to staggered two-year terms. Departments shall hold
elections every two years to select their representatives. When a
position becomes vacant, the respective department shall elect a
replacement as soon as possible for the duration of the vacancy.
B. The CEPC shall elect a chairperson from among its members at
its first meeting in the fall semester, which meeting shall be
called by the previous CEPC chairperson and shall be chaired by
him or her until a replacement has been elected by the Committee.
C. At the first meeting of the CEPC in the fall, the College Dean
shall charge the Committee and review the college planning
document.
D. The CEPC, by request to the College Dean (IV.2), may call
meetings of the College Faculty. In the absence of the College
Dean, a member of the CEPC may call the meeting of the College
Faculty to order and chair the meeting until a presiding officer
and secretary, pro tempore, have been elected. The CEPC may
receive items for the agenda of College Faculty meetings and may
call meetings of the College Faculty as long as there are open
items on the agenda.
E. The CEPC shall report to the College Faculty at least once each
year, normally at the second regular meeting in the fall semester.
The CEPC shall distribute minutes of its meetings through the
department chairpersons. In addition, the CEPC chairperson
regularly shall report attendance of department representatives to
the respective department chairpersons.
F. Other responsibilities and operation of the CEPC are stated in
Section VI.2.4.2 and VI.2.4.3 of the FDU Faculty Handbook and are
hereby incorporated into these Bylaws.
G. Notwithstanding the two-year terms of CEPC members, all members
shall serve until a replacement has been elected by the
department.
2. College Personnel Review Committee (CPRC)
A. MEMBERSHIP The CPRC shall be composed of seven tenured members
of the College Faculty elected by the College Faculty.
B. The composition and operation of the CPRC are stated in Section
IX.2 of the 1988 FDU Faculty Handbook and are hereby incorporated
into these Bylaws.
C. The CPRC shall report to the College Faculty at least once each
year, normally at the first meeting of the spring semester.
3. Elections Committee (EC)
A. MEMBERSHIP The EC shall consist of three voting members of the
College Faculty. They shall be elected to staggered three-year
terms. In each year the person in his or her third year of service
will serve as chairperson.
B. The EC shall conduct elections for all College Faculty
committees and offices in the spring of each academic year or as
needed. The EC may appoint eligible members of the College Faculty
to fill vacant positions on committees for the remainders of
vacant terms or for the duration of a temporary vacancy, such as
for a sabbatical or other leave, or until a replacement has been
elected. The EC shall report appointments to vacant positions at
the next meeting of the College Faculty.
C. When staggered terms are required for committee members, the EC
shall determine the method by which the terms will be staggered.
When odd/even year staggering is required, the EC shall make the
initial assignment.
D. ELECTION PROCEDURES The chairperson of the EC shall save
election ballots for thirty days after the election results have
been distributed to the College Faculty. Questions regarding the
election shall be directed to the chairperson of the EC. Unsigned
ballots shall not be counted.
4. Research Committee (RC)
A. MEMBERSHIP The RC shall consist of six members of the College
Faculty, two from each of the disciplinary areas: sciences
(biology, chemistry, geology, physics, mathematics, computer
science), humanities (english, philosophy, fine arts, languages,
history), and social-behavioral sciences (economics, psychology,
sociology, political science, anthropology, physical education).
Members of the RC shall be elected to overlapping two-year terms,
with elections to be held in the spring.
B. The RC shall meet at the request of the College Dean to
evaluate research proposals from members of the College Faculty.
C. The RC shall report to the College Faculty at least once each
year, normally at the first regular meeting in the fall.
5. Senate Delegation (SD)
A. MEMBERSHIP The SD shall consist of the College Faculty members
elected to represent the College on the Academic Senate.
B. The SD shall report to the College Faculty at least once each
academic year, normally at the second regular spring meeting.
6. Administrative Search Committees
A. When it is necessary to elect College Faculty members to serve
on a search committee for the College Dean, the EC, by request to
the College Dean (IV.2), shall call a meeting of the College
Faculty for nominations and shall conduct the election.
B. When it is necessary to elect members of the College Faculty to
serve on search committees for other administrators, the EC may
receive nominations by mail or, by request to the College Dean
(IV.2), may call a meeting of the College Faculty for nominations.
VI. EVALUATION OF THE COLLEGE DEAN For evaluation of the College Dean, the
committee shall consist of two members elected by and from the CPRC, two
by and from the CEPC, and two at-large members from the College Faculty.
No two members shall be from the same department and the members shall be
elected in the order: CPRC members first, followed by the CEPC members,
followed by the at-large College Faculty members.
VII. AMENDMENTS TO THESE BYLAWS These Bylaws may be amended by a
two-thirds majority vote of ballots cast by eligible members of the
College Faculty, provided that the proposed amendment has been distributed
to all voting faculty members prior to a meeting of the College Faculty
and debated at a meeting of the College Faculty. The proposal may be
amended as a main motion at this meeting by majority vote but the proposed
amendment, as amended, is subject to the two-thirds majority vote of
ballots cast by eligible members of the College Faculty.
VIII. Rules
1. PARLIAMENTARY RULES Meetings of the College Faculty shall be
conducted according to the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order.
2. Agenda for meetings of the College Faculty:
Call to order
Approval of agenda, minutes
Reports of standing committees:
1. RC (first regular fall meeting)
2. CEPC (second regular fall meeting)
3. CPRC (first regular spring meeting)
4. SD (second regular spring meeting)
5. EC (second regular spring meeting)
Business of the College Dean
Other committees
Old, New Business
3. Standing committees shall report at the particular meetings listed
in the agenda and may report at other College Faculty meetings.
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These Bylaws were produced by a special Bylaws Committee in the Fall,
1989, and approved by vote of the Becton College Faculty in the Spring,
1990.